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The UIC Standard Suspension consists of a leaf spring (5) see the figure which rests on the axle box (6), which can move horizontally and vertically between the guidances (4). In the horizontal the guidance provides an end stop for the translations and the yaw of the wheelset (7). In the vertical direction the motion of the wheelset is restricted by the leaf spring with its nonlinear dry fricti...

Original Contributions Stroke in Blacks

In an attempt to answer unresolved questions and to suggest directions for future research concerning stroke in black populations, data from the National Center for Health Statistics were examined and published studies were reviewed. Stroke was the third leading cause of death among U.S. blacks in 1982, accounting for 18,698 deaths, 8.25% of the total. Black men aged 35-74 years were 2.5 times ...

Program and Abstracts

Adcock, G.J. and Billing, T.M. and Carew, P.J. and Mulder, R.A. and Kraaijeveld, K. Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, VIC and Department of Biology, Darwin Building, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT United Kingdom Mate choice and dispersal history within a population of the mutually ornamented black swan. Dispersal and mating behaviour were examined in the Lake W...

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Extended Abstracts 1 of All Contributions

In this article we are interested in option pricing in markets with bubbles. A bubble is defined to be a price process which, when discounted, is a local martingale under the risk-neutral measure but not a martingale. We do not require the underlying process to be continuous, so that Levy-based asset prices are also possible. We give examples of bubbles both where volatility increases with the ...